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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag strikes near Anchor Point in Alaska

Posted by admin on March 9, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 59.7949S, -153.0995WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Anchor Point in Alaska on Thursday. Global time and date of event 09/03/18 / 2018-03-09 07:32:36 / March 9, 2018 @ 7:32 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -153.0995 West, latitude 59.7949 North, depth = 101.5 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Anchor Point in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 101.5 km (63 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ak18640362, at00p5bbmb. Unique identifier: ak18640362. The temblor was picked up at 22:32:36 / 10:32 pm (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Homer. The epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 71 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -153.0995° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 59.7949° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 101.5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 71km W of Anchor Point, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-03-09 07:32:36 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-03-09 07:42:20 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -540 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 56 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status automatic Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 1 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 357 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network ak The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,ak,at, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.74 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID ak18640362 Id of event.
Event Code 18640362 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak18640362,at00p5bbmb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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